Speaking about their plans, his wife Sally – who is 31 years Ronnie’s junior - told the Mirror: “I’d love to have twins again. We’d be very happy if more arrive. Twins are much easier because they play together.

“Twins again and then we have double everything. We are good to go. I’m 40 now but you never know.”

Ronnie, who gave up smoking after 50 years when his twins were born, got the all clear from lung cancer in March of this year.

Discussing his ordeal, his theatre director wife said: “Anything can happen to anyone at anytime but it does highlight things. We live in the moment anyway. We don’t plan far ahead.